Right in time for the Oscars, we're launching our new podcast #TellBlackStories. Filmed live at Sundance with Ava DuVernay, check out our series on the drive for authentic, accurate representations of Black people onscreen.

Now that mid-term elections are over, help us hold DAs from Dallas and St. Louis to Durhman NC and Prince George's County MD to the promises they made for fixing our criminal justice system. We're building a movement to make prosecutors accountable... not just in elections years, but every year.

IN THE MEDIA

Color Of Change’s successful campaign to get 21 Savage released is cited in this article that explores how pro-immigrant group tend to exclude Black immigrants, and the racist reasons the media isn’t making the connection 21 Savage’s story and that of the “Dreamers.”

Immigrant 21 Savage is granted bond and released ahead of schedule after Color Of Change, alongside Black Lives Matter and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration attended a rally in Atlanta and sent ICE a petition with over 450,000 signatures demanding his release.

Color Of Change’s work is cited as pivotal in getting the FTC to bump up the fines that Facebook is facing for privacy violations and a series of ethically questionable practices. The FTC may well levy Facebook with biggest fine of any tech company to date.

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Color Of Change helps people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by more than 1.4 million members, we move decision makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people, and all people. Until justice is real.

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BIG WINS

We did something that we were told was impossible. When we first launched this campaign in 2014, people told us that we were no match for Bill O’Reilly. That no amount of public pressure, especially not from a Black organization, could ever change anything at Fox News. But our members spoke and Fox News has officially announced that Bill O’Reilly’s platform for anti Black vitriol and misogyny has been canceled.

In 2007, Color Of Change rallied our emerging community to bring a national spotlight to the Jena 6: funding a new legal team, forcing abusive officials to face national scrutiny, and changing the course of events.

Strategic Initiatives

2018 Elections

Black people have the power to shape the agenda for our most important elections. Black Brunches organized by Color Of Change are bringing together more than 20,000 people across 19 cities—including many new to politics.
We are equipping them to popularize local elections, especially prosecutor races, and greatly increase civic participation in their communities.

No one holds more power in our criminal justice system than prosecutors. They decide who to prosecute, what the charges will be, and routinely make decisions that destroy Black people’s lives. We are working to usher in a new era of prosecutor accountability by mobilizing Black communities across the country.

We created the Hollywood Culture Project because content matters. The research is clear: if we want the realities that Black people face in society to change, then portrayals of Black people in media must change—becoming more accurate, more diverse, more empathetic and more human.

Partners and Allies

Color Of Change puts analysis into action, helping create the conditions that make policy change possible. Demos counts on Color Of Change to force the accountability we need for our democracy and economy to improve, so all people get the equal say and equal chance they deserve. They leverage their members and media savvy to popularize winning ideas, while taking on the opposition in a way few others can.Heather McGhee Demos

Who's gonna offer clarity in a moment of confusion if we don't have leadership? Color Of Change is a leadership organization . . . They're so fiercely independent . . . Color of Change engaging people is the heart of how you make the rules different to benefit everyone . . . They want to see a fairer, greener, more accessible, more racially just America, and so do I.Congressman Keith Ellison U.S House of Representatives

Color Of Change gets culture. They are building bridges between movements on the ground and those of us who can tell the stories no one else will. They know how to support storytellers who want to broaden the landscape of stories we see in mainstream entertainment, especially when it comes to Black people's lives. Many people outside the industry don't get how it works, and how it can change, but they do.Mara Brock-Akil Creator & Producer, Girlfriends, The Game and Being Mary Jane

Color Of Change is doing important work in our communities and in our movement. From building local, Black-led power to supporting Black leadership, Color Of Change is a valued partner. Their platform has helped us change our communities, from the ground up -- whether it's to hold a district attorney accountable or to stop a corporation from preying on our communities, they are unbought and unbossed. We are proud to stand with them side by side to change the world.Alicia Garza Co-founder, Black Lives Matter Network Principal, Black Futures Lab